In fact, although stretching training can greatly improve the flexibility of the human body, it has little to do with stovepipe. Especially when you choose to stretch immediately after exercise, at this time, the synergy of muscles will be enhanced and the muscles will be in a state of easier growth. In other words, stretching after exercise will not stop the growth of muscles, but will increase the effect of muscle circumference and better promote the growth of muscle circumference and volume.
However, it is found that even if only three weeks of stretching and flexibility training are carried out without any additional strength and resistance training, the strength performance and muscle level of the trainer will be improved. Some people may say that it is because the muscles contract centrifugally during stretching, so the muscles grow. However, the study found that this is not the case. Scientists use instruments to pull animal muscles alone, without any centrifugal movement, and still find that stretching can make skeletal muscle grow and its circumference become larger. Moreover, in the anatomical experiment of rats, mechanical traction has obvious gain effect on the proliferation of skeletal muscle satellite cells. In other words, stretching can not only prevent muscle growth, on the contrary, stretching is a good way to promote muscle growth.
However, if we can balance the development of gastrocnemius and soleus muscles and tighten the calf, the overall visual effect will be significantly improved. From the side, there will be a faint sense of hierarchy and shadow, which is particularly thin visually. However, if we can balance the development of gastrocnemius and soleus muscles and tighten the calf, the overall visual effect will be significantly improved. From the side, there will be a faint sense of hierarchy and shadow, which is particularly thin visually. The reason why most people seem to have thick calves is mainly because of the uneven development of gastrocnemius and soleus muscles. Because we usually do low-intensity exercises such as standing and walking, the gastrocnemius develops better. Instead of running, doing strenuous and explosive exercise, the soleus muscle is weak. Causes the calf to look thick and short. If you want to achieve the goal of stovepipe by stretching muscles and promoting muscle growth, you must pay attention to stretching soleus muscles as much as possible. That is to say, in the case of relative knee flexion, soleus muscle is mainly stretched.